github/spec-kit · error · IntegrationDescriptorError

integration.{field} must be a string, got {type(integ[field]

Error message

integration.{field} must be a string, got {type(integ[field]).__name__}

What it means

Error "integration.{field} must be a string, got {type(integ[field]).__name__}" thrown in github/spec-kit.

Source

Thrown at src/specify_cli/integrations/catalog.py:718

        if self.data["schema_version"] != self.SCHEMA_VERSION:
            raise IntegrationDescriptorError(
                f"Unsupported schema version: {self.data['schema_version']} "
                f"(expected {self.SCHEMA_VERSION})"
            )

        integ = self.data["integration"]
        if not isinstance(integ, dict):
            raise IntegrationDescriptorError(
                "'integration' must be a mapping"
            )
        for field in ("id", "name", "version", "description"):
            if field not in integ:
                raise IntegrationDescriptorError(
                    f"Missing integration.{field}"
                )
            if not isinstance(integ[field], str):
                raise IntegrationDescriptorError(
                    f"integration.{field} must be a string, got {type(integ[field]).__name__}"
                )

        if not re.match(r"^[a-z0-9-]+$", integ["id"]):
            raise IntegrationDescriptorError(
                f"Invalid integration ID '{integ['id']}': "
                "must be lowercase alphanumeric with hyphens only"
            )

        try:
            pkg_version.Version(integ["version"])
        except (pkg_version.InvalidVersion, TypeError):
            raise IntegrationDescriptorError(
                f"Invalid version '{integ['version']}'"
            )

        requires = self.data["requires"]
        if not isinstance(requires, dict):

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Solutions

1. Make integration.<field> a string in the descriptor.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/specify_cli/integrations/catalog.py:718 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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